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- 2. This system gives the body shape and support
- 3. Capable of producing disease
- 4. Largest component of the blood
- 5. These microorganisms become resistant to antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections
- 6. Surgical fixation
- 8. Cutting into an organ
- 11. Must have oxygen eliminated from the environment in order to grow
- 13. This microorganism destroys cells and has no means of movement
- 16. Medical term for surgical removal
- 18. Meaning immediately or at once
- 19. Survives by feeding on living and dead organisms
- 21. State of being soiled by contact with infectious organisms or other materials
- 24. Voice box
- 26. Soiled items must be separated from their clean counterparts and only travel in one direction from the soiled area to the clean processing area
- 27. Connective tissue that connects bone to bone
- 28. The removal of all visible and non visible soil and any other foreign material from medical devices being processed
- 30. This stage is a state of active growth of microorganisms
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- 1. A cart prepared for an individual procedure
- 3. Throat
- 7. Maintaining appropriate personal skills, such as attendance and assuming individual responsibility for your actions refers to what skill?
- 9. One-celled animal organisms that are aerobic and live in moist habitats
- 10. Surgical removal of the uterus through an incision in the abdomen
- 12. Used to classify bacteria as a positive or negative depending on whether they retain or lose the primary stain
- 14. Suffix meaning origin
- 15. These vowels help ease pronunciation of medical terms
- 17. This precaution states that all bodily fluids including blood are presumed to be infectious
- 20. This gland stimulates skeletal and body growth
- 22. Fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bone
- 23. Highly resistant to disinfectant and very difficult to kill
- 25. Infectious protein particle that are found in the brain, dura matter
- 29. This foundation is necessary to form a base for more specialized knowledge and skills